Match striker



July 16, 1929. R. c. GIBBS 1.720.831

MATCH STRIKER Filed Aug. 1, 1927 wvewron AuFus CHARLES G/sas ATTORNEYS Fatented July 16, 1929.

UNITED STATES RUFUS CHARLES GIBBS, OF VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA.

MATCH STRIKER.

Application filed August 1, 1927.

My invention relates to improvements in match strikers which are particularly adapted for mounting on walls or finished Woodwork in buildings and which are so arranged and 5 constructed that as a match is l eing struck thereon the head of the match is thrust outwards from the main abrasive surface of the scratcher, so that the ignition of the match head is kept away from the wall surface on which the striker is mounted, and no damage from flame or smoke is produced thereon. The invention consists essentially of an abrasive surface surrounded by a moulded margin, the outer edge of which is in a plane appreciably above the striking surface as will be more fully shown in the accompanying drawings and described in the following specification, in which Fig. 1 is a perspective View of the invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section taken on the line 22 of Figure 1.

In the drawings like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure. The numeral 1 indicates generally a metal 5 stamping of rectangular or other desired form having an elongated central portion 2 which is serrated in a suitable manner that matches may be conveniently struck thereon.

Surrounding the central portion 2 is a mar- 0 gin 3 consistin of a curvilinear mould L and a vertical exterior edge 5. The mould 4 is preferably formed as a parabolic curve starting from the central portion and increasing in Serial No. 209,965.

curvature as the distance increases therefrom, so that as a match, on being struck on the portion 2, traverses the margin 3, the head of the natch is moved outwards from the plane of the striking surface, and the surface of the wall on which the device is mounted.

Extending from opposite ends of the stamping are a pair of apertured lugs 6 by which the device is secured to Woodwork or other vertical surface.

It will be perfectly obvious that the strikers may be made of sheet metal or formed by anyother process or material and ornamented to conform to the architectural treatment of the building in which they are installed, and that any such change would be strictly within the scope of the invention.

l Vhat I claim as my invention is:

A match striker presenting a fiat surface having a central serrated area and a marginal wall formed integral with and projecting forwardly from said flat surface, said marginal wall being reversely folded and having the inner side thereof in the form of a parabolic curve and the terminal edge of the outer side disposed to lie in the bottom plane of the flat surface, there being projections from the outer side of said marginal wall for attachment to the supporting surface.

gated at Vancouver this 21st day of July, 192

RUFUS CHARLES GIBBS. 

